Bonhof waits to be brought to book for blunder

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RAINER BONHOF will face a nervous three-day wait before he knows if he is to pay with his job for the error that saw Scotland field an ineligible player in the under-21 match with Italy.

The Scottish Football Association has been forced to apologise to Uefa for using Steven Whittaker in the 2-2 draw with Italy last Friday at Fir Park, when the young Hibernian full back was in fact suspended.

Whittaker should not have been selected because he had two cautions to his name and Bonhof, the Scotland Under-21 coach, now has to wait until an SFA investigation into